Upon arrival, deputies found that citizens had pulled 17-year-old Alicia Newton out of the water and had initiated cardiopulmonaryresuscitation.Paramedics continued life-saving efforts but were unsuccessful and she was pronounced deceased at the scene, DeLuca wrote in a news release.

Newton was one of a party of rafters who had been floating the river, DeLuca said.Everyone but the victim and 33-year old Kristopher Woods of Redmond had left the river upstream of the falls to return to the day-use area.

Woods was found about 50-yards upstream, clinging to rocks.Deschutes County white-water rescue and mountain-rescue teams were able to safely bring Woods to shore.He was not injured, the sergeant said.